Synonyms for graveyard
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : greyv-yahrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd |
Définition of graveyard
Origin :- 1773, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c.1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.
- noun burial area
- And he stood there lookin', and he says to me: 'No, Katy, that is a graveyard.'
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- On walks along the waterfront he would treat it all like a graveyard.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- So you stop away from school, and I find you in the graveyard!
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- But he rather liked to visit the graveyard on Sunday afternoons.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Kendrick, I wasn't so far off when I talked about that graveyard trip, eh?
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The graveyard is a ridiculous place for anybody to be, but I shall be there—and soon.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Excuse me, Mr. Bangs, but have you been spendin' this lovely forenoon in the graveyard?
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "We run afoul of each other over to the graveyard," he grunted.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He turned away at last, and was leaving the graveyard, when some one touched him on the arm.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- Start the first fire directly beyond the graveyard to the east.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
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